What are the chances of winning the lottery with 59 balls?
In October 2015 the national lottery in the UK increased the number of balls in the draw from 49 to 59, thus making it much harder to actually win the jackpot.
Previously, choosing 6 numbers from 49 would give you a 1 in 14 million chance of winning the lottery but now with the extra 10 numbers to pick your 6 numbers from, the chances have massively decreased to 1 in 45 million.
This increase in the number of balls and decrease in the chance of winning have been proven with the fact that the jackpot has continued to be an elusive prize that has not been won since the changes were made, contributing to a massive jackpot of £50 million + which could go on for a couple of weeks.
Tonight’s draw (6th January 2016) will be the 14th rollover jackpot – continuous rollovers since the new rules were introduced. This could trigger more people to buy tickets just because of the size of the jackpot which could then mean that more of the number combinations are covered.
The national lottery website says the following about the limit on the size of any rollover jackpot:
The jackpot can only stand at £50 million for two draws. If no one wins in the second draw, the full amount rolls down and is shared between the players in the next winning prize tier.
So it might be worth waiting to see if anyone wins the jackpot this time and if they don’t then there might be a great chance of winning more money with lower odds in the draw where the jackpot will be filtered down if no-one wins. This would be next Saturday 9th January 2016.
If no-one wins the jackpot on Saturday then the chances of winning with 5 numbers and the bonus ball are around 1 in 7.5 million which is almost twice the odds as winning the jackpot before the numbers were expanded to 59!
So if you want to know what are the chances of winning the lottery with 59 balls then I would say much better if you wait until the jackpot has to filter down!
Well to start off with it is a question as to what you call the most healthy. Many people have different ideas of what they consider to be healthy, whether that be the items with the lowest number of calories, lowest amount of fat or indeed the carb content of food. In this article we look through the figures as provided by Burger King themselves (they are quite transparent as to the numbers that are contained in each item) and analyse the data from the different categories so that we can present it to you in a way you might find both interesting and surprising!
Please note that when quoting values, although Burger King quote their values to 1 decimal place, we have rounded their figures for ease of display. After all half a calorie is really neither here nor there with some of the numbers!
At the end of the article you can find a summary of which items tend to come out top in all categories – low calorie, low carb and low fat.
Calories
Beef, Chicken, Fish and Veggie Options Under 500 Calories
The hamburger is lowest in calories after the salads.
Firstly we will look at the main meal type options as classified above. In this case we have sifted through the data and come up with the options that contain less than 500 calories. In order of total calories from lowest to highest they are as follows:
As you would expect, the salads do well and the chicken dishes are lower in calories than the beef dishes. Also go smaller (e.g. Whopper Jr) and you will obviously eat less calories too!
The one that you might not expect is the Veggie Wrap coming in at 494 calories, nearly 150 more than the caesar chicken wrap.
Sides Dips and Extras Under 250 Calories
We have restricted the list of sides, dips and extras to show only those under 250 calories, as obviously these are extras! So on top of whatever else you have you need to remember to add this lot on…
Unfortunately a lot of restaurants are no longer serving the SATISFRIES as they were given the option to stop serving them by Burger King when the take up was not as much as they hoped. However, small fries at 222 are only an extra 7 calories.
Soft Drinks Under 125 Calories
Ok so we chose a cut-off of 125 calories for this section as this excluded around 50% of the drinks listed for sale. Most of the higher calorie items were different sizes (or larger servings) of Coca-Cola and Sprite and those under 125 calories are the following:
With regards to breakfast, the only item that is under 250 calories per serving is the Bacon Butty with Heinz Ketchup which comes in at 216 Kcal. Next best is 6 Mini pancakes and syrup which contain 269 calories – the rest of the breakfast options come in at over 300 calories (most of them a lot more) unless you count the add-ons like hash browns which contain 192 calories for a regular serving.
Desserts and Shakes – Calories
You would expect desserts to be heavily loaded with calories (although perhaps shakes less so) and for the most part you would be right but there are some options that appear to not actually be too bad. Top of the list coming in as the only item on the dessert menu at less than 100 calories is the Ice cream cone. Ice cream often contains less calories than people imagine – often because it contains less cream than you might imagine and more ice!
There are a couple of desserts hovering around the 130 level namely the strawberry sundae at 133 and the regular frozen lemonade at 138. You could also just sneak in a chocolate sundae at 153 calories but after that (apart from the large frozen lemonade) you are looking at over 200 calories and up to a whopping 612 for a large chocolate shake.
Carbs
Low Carbs
In recent years a low carb diet has become one of the more popular ways to eating healthily and perhaps losing some weight. Guidelines differ as to how many grams of carbohydrates are recommended for those on a low carb intake diet, and it is more a case of finding the level for you as each person is different. Certainly it is not recommended to eat less than 50g of carbohydrates a day though.
Again I have rounded out the carb numbers to the nearest gram for ease of reference.
Beef, Chicken, Fish and Veggie – Carbs
So for the best carb options I had to go with those containing under 40g as there was only one option under 30g as you can see below:
Ok so there are no breakfast items that are lower than 30g of carbs apart from the Hash Browns add-on which contain 22g for the regular size. Other than that the two items with the lowest carbs for breakfast, which are under 40g are the Sausage Butty with Heinz Ketchup containing 34g and the Sausage, Egg and Cheese Butty with Heinz Ketchup containing 37g.
Soft Drinks – Carbs
Any amount of diet coke has 0g of carbs so I won’t list all of the quantities, of the rest there are some that have less than 30g as follows: However, that would be quite a lot when added to a similar amount for a meal and extras so take note of what else you are having!
If you are looking to reduce your carb intake then you may wish to avoid the desserts and the shakes in particular! There is one reasonably good option which again is the ice Cream Cone. This only has 16g of carbohydrates. The next best are 3 that are over 30g and they are the Frozen Lemonade Regular (33g), the Strawberry Sundae (36g) and the Chocolate Sunday (37g).
Top of the list (again) is the large chocolate shake with a whopping 113g.
Low Fat
Low Fat Options
If you are looking for options that are low fat then we have analysed the data on fat content and found the following:
It’s reasonably predictable that the salad options would come out on top but the sweet chilli chicken wrap also comes out favourably.
Soft Drinks – Low Fat
Generally speaking soft drinks do not contain much fat and the only soft drink option that contains above 1g of fat is the milk at 4.3g.
You are never going to go wrong if you opt for water though!
Sides, Dips and Extras – Low Fat
For the dips you can expect very little fat in any of them, in fact the Ketchup, Sweet Chilli and BBQ dips have no fat. Adding bacon only adds 0.4g, so not a lot but adding cheese gives you an extra 6.5g which is significant for a small extra. So at 10g and under all you can get are fries at 10g and SATISFRIES if you can get hold of them at 8.4g.
Breakfast – Low Fat
So we have narrowed down the breakfast options to the ones that contain less than 15g of fat and those are as follows:
Bacon Butty with Heinz Ketchup – 6
6 Mini Pancakes and Syrup – 10
Egg and Cheese Butty with Heinz Ketchup – 12
Sausage Butty with Heinz Ketchup – 13
You could just tip over the 15g with 9 Pancakes and the Bacon, Egg and Cheese Butty but the rest are significantly more.
Desserts and Shakes – Low Fat
As the majority of the desserts and shakes come out at under 10g of fat each (apart from the muffins, brownie and toffee sponge which are streets ahead!), we have focused on those items that contain less than 5g of fat each.
This basically covers all of the smoothies – they are all at less than 2g of fat – and the frozen lemonade which has none. The ice cream cone also still fares pretty well at 3.4g.
Overall Summary of the Healthiest
So looking at the overall picture, regardless of whether you are counting calories, carbs or fat, there are a few items that are consistently near the top of the list for all of them. There is an obvious choice of going for a Grilled Chicken Salad with a bottle of water which is the best idea if you are going to Burger King maybe with friends and are not too fussed about having a burger.
However, if you are going to Burger King with something more in mind then you might be advised to stick to maybe either a sweet chilli chicken wrap or a hamburger. Obviously water for the drink but otherwise a regular diet coke (unless you are specifically watching carbs) and then the most common item at the top of the healthy list for desserts is the ice cream cone.
Adding regular fries will bump things up a bit but may be an essential part of the meal for you.
So a quick summary gives the following:
Totals for a sweet chilli chicken wrap, regular fries, water and an ice cream cone are:
This really is the quickest and best tasting dessert in my humble opinion! Anyone can make it and look like a great cook.
I made up this recipe a short while ago when I wanted to do some individual desserts for the adults at my son’s birthday party. It had to be something quick and easy as I had loads of other stuff to prepare and I was running short of time! What I came up with was not only simple but also really tasty, easy to make in small or large quantities but also made use of the old baby food jars I had saved for just such an occasion!
You can also make this dessert in ramekins, old creme brulee dishes (you know the glass ones that you sometimes get when you buy them) or just in any small bowls you might have. You could probably do a large one in a flan dish too but I haven’t tried that yet.
What you need:
butter (optional)
digestive biscuits
yoghurt
squirty cream
Quantities obviously depend on how many you are going to make but you need about a small knob of butter, 1 digestive biscuit and about 4 large teaspoons of yoghurt per serving, plus a squirt of cream.
How to make it – well there are 2 ways, the quick way and the really quick way!
Well the really quick way is to crumble a digestive biscuit up into the pot you are going to serve it in. The slightly less quick way is to put a small knob of butter in the microwave for 10 seconds and mix the crumbled digestive into that. if you are making a batch, melt about an ounce of butter in the microwave or on the hob and add half a packet of crushed digestives to that. Put the biscuit mixture into the bottom of the dish and press it down. If you have used butter you may want to put this in the fridge for an hour but you don’t have to as it tastes just as good if you don’t. 🙂
Next step is to choose your yogurt – basically any flavour will do but may favourite to use for this is Yeo Valley Lemon Curd Yoghurt – it makes the end result taste similar to a lemon meringue pie. But really, any flavour will do as the end result is just like a cheesecake too.
Add your yoghurt into your pot – if you are using the baby food jars then add until it’s just over half full so that you can still put the lid on for transportation if required.
Then just squirt some cream on top and it’s done! The beauty of using the baby food jars is that you can see the layers of the dessert through the sides, and of course you can transport a bulk load in a box if you have all the lids too. If you want to do this as a desert at a dinner party then use ramekins or small glass pots to look even better.
Use baby food jars with lids for easy transportation if you are taking these desserts to another venue.
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